Comments from E-mails sent to Mr. Troxell Christopher 4/14/10 My wife and I saw you at the Orioles Opening Day Game. We enjoyed your performance. Chip Jewell 4/14/10 What a sincere pleasure to hear you at the Opening Day of the Baltimore Orioles, a wonderful surprise. Your singing and the first eight innings were the highlight of the day. Glad that I had the opportunity to hear you are from Maryland, and especially from Frederick County. Audrey Brown 4/11/10 Boffo anthem performance! The Toronto traveling secretary was thrilled that you inserted some French lyrics into their O Canada.Best regards from Audrey in Baltimore, Constance Rybka 4/3/10 I grew up with classical music but, for some reason known only to my now-deceased parents, only one opera--Madame Butterfly. On a whim, I recently bought Martin Scorsese's version on DVD. Richard Troxell is absolutely perfect for this role. Never heard of Richard before this, but now I am hooked--and to find out he's a fellow Marylander and an O's fan as well! Best, Connie Maria La Civita 4/1/10 Dear Richard,One of my best operas on film is, of course, Madame Butterfly.The acting,singing,drama and passion makes it very lifelike and stirs up many different emotions in me each time I watch it. You are very inspriational and I've highly recommended the film to all of my friends. I treasure my DVD copy very much. Thank you for an outstanding performance. Kindest regards, Maria Patricia Troxell Althouse 9/12/09 Always a thrill to hear about you and hear your voice. Thank you so much for your example as a person and talent. Juergen and Jensine Eichermueller 7/05/09 Greetings from two fans in Germany! My seventenn year old daughter and I have become "new" opera fans through your wonderful performance in Madame Butterfly. We wish you all the best and God's Blessings! Raymond Watson 6/25/09 I am watching Butterfly ,the movie. Never did I hope to see/hear such a convincing Pinkerton. What a vocal and visual Pinkerton he is. I am wonderfully thankful for this production and for a handsome, virile, American-looking Pinkerton who sings the role so wonderfully well. Casey 5/10/09 Just saw you as the Duke in Portland Opera's Rigoletto 5/10/09 matinee. I never realized before just what a creep the Duke really is. You played him with just the right amount of sleaze. My friend sitting next to me was shocked when Gilda dies for you. She leaned over to me and said"Is she really going to die for him?"He's a son of a bitch!She hated you which means you did the role right. Thanks for being part of a great afternoon at the opera. Janet Jarrell 4/14/09 I thoroughly enjoyed Eugene Onegin on April 11,2009 at the National Arts Center in Ottawa.Your performance as Lenski was passionate, moving,and most memorable. D Kai Ma 4/7/09 Dear Mr. Troxell: Of course, most of us knew your name and voice from the film Madame Butterfly.Luckily, I had a wonderful oportunity to see you in a live opera performance Eugene Onegin in Ottawa last night. I'm an immigrant from Taiwan who is also a musician ( counter-tenor).Glad to learn ( about) your engagement for Carmen in Taipei.I certainly will see you again in my own country!... Thank you for all the hard work and ( the ) touching voice you deliver to us. See you again in Taipei. Robert D'Aoust 5/26/08 Everybody should take a plane to Montréal to see his Pinkerton...Pinkerton is a horrible man, but with Troxell you pardon very easily. The love duet was magnificent singing and superb acting. A night to remember. Derek Mannering, Author Mario Lanza: Singing To The Gods 5/16/08 Comments on TV program Mario Lanza: The Meteor Richard Troxell was a delight, an outstanding tenor and a most charming fellow. Col. Stephen A.T. Eyres 3/31/08 Searching for Kleinzach(Hoffmann is my favourite opera)on YouTube, I encountered an absolutely wonderful performance by Mr. Troxell, Hoffmann as I have always imagined him. Congratulations.I wish you much success and a brilliant career. Daniel Tretter 3/31/08 I have been a fan of yours since I saw you in Madame Butterfly. Today, I saw you sing the National Anthem in Baltimore and the TV announcer said you were from Thurmont. I used to live in Westminster, MD but now I live in North Carolina. I hope to see you again soon. Michael R. Ieronimo 1/17/08 I purchased the DVD of Cyrano de Bergerac and thought your performance was wonderful. It was a new opera to me and I enjoyed it so much. Charles G. Johnson 1/16/08 You're the only tenor I've even seen in the role of Pinkerton that makes Butterfly's unswaying devotion completely believable. Looks,voice, and acting all combine in the perfect Lieutenant.Plus, you're my favorite Prunier from Rondine. All the best to you in the future. Larry Henderson 1/08/08 I just saw you in your performance on DVD of Madame Butterfly for the first time and was totally mesmerized by the entire production. You were superb as was the entire cast. ...I'm glad to discover you for the first time in 2008. Thank you for your talent. Beverly Szameit 11/20/07 I especially love the tenor voice and yours is beautiful. I first heard you in the film Madame Butterfly.Although I had seen the opera many times, your performance made Pinkerton seem real. I watched the DVD every night for two weeks. I also loved Prunier in La Rondine.Thanks for sharing your wonderful voice. I will be following your career. Dorothy Danner 11/18/07 Great Web site! Adrienne Gorman 10/12/07 Recently I viewed your DVD of Madame Butterfly, and I think it is the best performance of this opera I have ever seen. The singing is first rate and now I think I better understand Pinkerton's character. I wish you a healthy opera career. Rachel and Lauren Harris 10/01/07/ Thanks for being such a positive influence in Lauren's experience with the Portland Opera and just taking the time to say "hello."Gratefully. Max Whipps 9/28/07 I have just returned from witnessing Richard's performance as Don José in Carmen at the Portland Opera. Richard is by far the best Don José I have ever seen; and I have seen many Don Josés. Thank you for making my life richer. Maude Martel 9/16/07 Bravo! I think that you are simply one of the greatest tenors ever!I adore the way you sing. Thank you for sharing your voice with us. Leana Bassett 6/21/07 Watched Madme Butterfly last night...delightful, haunting,poignant. By the end of the film I loathed you which shows how good of an actor you are! A pleasure to listen /watch your performance. Rose Marie Ricci 2/08/07 Richard, I just viewed and listened to the marvelous film clips. I was at two of those performances myself, at the Kimmel Center and AVA. I love your voice, your stage presence, and your acting. I hope to see you in Ocean City this summer. Yves, Anne, Norma Maurice (from France) 1/30/07 Just two words to tell you again how much we appreciated your performance ( Roméo) and your kindness with us. Richard has very nice "diction" in French and Roméo was wonderfully played. Richard played the youth of Roméo and [has] very lovely "timbre"of voice, very solaire like in the past[the voice]of the French singer Léopold Simmoneau. Hope to see you somewhere. We can come to the USA if necessary. Kathie ( Harbaugh) Harvey 10/21/06 Wow! The kid who sang so beautifully at Apple's Church sure "growed up good."What a voice! I turned on Prairie Home Companion and was floored when they introduced you. Seville is certainly a long way from Thurmont, Maryland.Congratulations on your success. Lynn Mekinda 05/06/06 I heard you sing Maria from West Side Story in Naples, Florida in April, 2006. I have never heard it sung so beautifully. Many thanks. Janet Clark 04/27/06 We just returned tonight from a wonderful evening at the Pops IV at the Naples Philharmonic with Jeff Tyzik conducting and you as one of the soloists.What a wonderful surprise you were! We were familiar with Daniel Narducci from other performances but had never heard you. What a voice range you have.Your performance of Maria was beautiful and very moving. Your performance all evening was excellent, fresh, appropriate to the song , and when necessary funny. I am an almost octogenarian living in a retirement community in Naples, and this was one of the the best evenings we have spent at the Phil.Thank you! Thank you! Yves Maurice 03/19/06 Back from Montpellier.( Cyrano March 19.) My daughter loves opera thanks to you. So we do thank you. We really enjoyed your performance this Sunday. Yves, Anne and Norma Eugene Paoli 02/06/06 I will never forget the beautiful concert at AVA in Philadelphia,PA.What a treat to hear such a wonderful voice.Would like to know when Richard will be in Philly to perform again. Mohamed Bin Jantan 01/29/06 Just saw your wonderful performance as Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly--the first truly believable Pinkerton. Bravo! Jane Rolandi Gray 01/24/06 Great tenor....thrilling! Michael Weaver 01/04/06 It was truly a superb delight to hear your Viennese arias and duets at the American Music Theater in Lancaster, PA.You have the ideal voice for this exquisite music, something my companion avowed vigorously, for she had lived and sung in Vienna for many years. Your professionalism was obvious before you even opened your mouth to sing, so already into the music were you as the Lancaster Symphony played the introduction. We LOVED you! What a voice and what a handsome man to boot. Please come back to sing here. Jeff Hendrick 12/06/05 My parents are active in St. Peter's Church and they told me about your voice. I did not think much about this comment but I went to [your] website and listened to the samples. WOWWWWWW! Speechless. You're beyond awesome. My parents and I are forming plans to hear you in Naples,FL in April. Hope to see/hear you then! Linda Donovan 12/06/05 Thank you so much for your concert at Apples Church the Sunday after Thanksgiving. You are a rich man to have such a wealth of friends and family. It was a true love-fest and I feel privleged to have happened upon it. The concert was truly the highlight of the Thanksgiving weekend for my husband and me. I look forward to hearing you in other venues. Hanny Bleeker White 12/02/05 Hi Richard, I had no wish list for Christmas, but that just changed. There are two DVDs on the way ( Butterfly and Cyrano.) Thank you for blowing some much-needed revitalizing air into our lives. Yves Maurice 12/01/05 Looking forward to seeing you in Montpellier for Cyrano March '06.The DVD was wonderful work. Yves and Family Paul Nunnally 11/24/05 Are you the same Richard I used to hang with in elementary school? Wow--I didn't even know you could sing!! Congrats. Jim Meunier 11/22/05 Just looking over your website and I am very, very impressed.I loved all of the sound bites from your various CDs and performances. Kaye ( Delauter) Wilgus 11/21/05 Very impressive!! Congratulations...on so many levels! Jessica Rachel Gelman 11/19/05 I recently moved to LA from NYC. I have learned that you will sing B.F.Pinkerton in the LA Opera production of Madama Butterfly. I can't wait! I loved the Mitterand film starring Ying Huang. You are a gifted tenor with both dramatic and lyric components to your performances. Keep up the good work. May you always shine in the opera firmament. Nancy McDonald-Kenworthy 11/06/05 This afternoon, in Columbus, OH,I watched mesmerized at your performance...What a show,Mr.Troxell,what a show!...Your voice has a wonderful lyrical quality, and your performance was totally delightful.I'll never forget it..." Rob McLellan 10/27/05 Just watched "Madame Butterfly." Absolutely gorgeous. Thank-you. Matt Pressley 10/25/05 I had the great opportunity to see you in concert awhile back in Florence, SC. I believe you were the tenor soloist in a Mozart Requiem. I am a tenor currently pursuing a vocal performance degree at Charleston Southern. I hope to be taking part in Così Fan Tutte in the Spring. I was just wondering if you had any advice for a young tenor. Pascal Remi Nguyen 10/16/05 It's too bad you never come to sing in Reims ( France.) For me, you are a great tenor. Barry Draper 7/11/05 Super site design! Great to see such a great guy so well represented. Nancy Seel 7/05/05 I am teaching a course at the Chautauqua Institute in Western, NY , and I am using the Madame Butterfly DVD for various scenes in preparation for the opening of Chautauqua Opera Company's Madame. I have truly enjoyed your performance. You are so believable and your voice is perfect for the role... Jane Rolandi Gray 5/16/05 You sound great. Look forward to hearing you in the future. Rose Marie Ricci 4/21/05 Dear Richard. I am a great admirer of yours, hearing you first at the Ocean City Pops. A few weeks ago, I attended the AVA concert at the Kimmel Center. I enjoy your performances because of your great talent and beautiful voice. Your are a charming person and a good actor. Hope to see you here in Ocean City this summer. Richard Phinney 3/27/05 I have been an enthusiastic fan of Richard Troxell for some time. Michael Sumague 3/21/05 You are the greatest! I bought the Madama Butterfly DVD which you starred in.What a great voice. I could not believe you played Candide with the Opera Pacific. I was there for your performance. Keep up the good work! Michael Shell 3/08/05 Great website!! Phil Holmes 3/04/05 The site looks great! Claire Oblonsky 2/17/05 Stunning voice,superb actor,gorgeous man. Your Pinkerton was absolutely magnifcent. Margot Treybig 2/14/05 Your DVD of Madame Butterfly is superb. Fran Troxell Gundry 2/08/2005 Ten Troxell family members and friends who live in Oregon and Washington attended the outstanding Portland Madame Butterfly on Saturday night. We wanted to tell you that is was absolutely "the best.".We are a family who appreciates music in a variety of venues and especially enjoyed your talent. Among other things I am interested in genealogy.It would be of interest to us to be able to link our family Troxell Trees together if you are interested. Again, thank-you for a great evening,good luck with the remaining performances. Yun Meng 2/04/2005 Dear Mr. Troxell, I just watched your Madama Butterrfly movie on DVD and totally fell in love with your singing and your performance as Pinkerton. As an opera lover,I have always loved this opera, however, this was the first time for me to watch it in its entirety, and I was captured by every moment. Your voice is beautiful and expressive. Your performance was compelling, and your singing was just brilliant. I want to let you know this is one of the most enjoyable opera films I have ever seen. From your past performances I noticed that you had performed with Opera Carolina which is the company of my city. I hope to see you singing Pinkerton and other roles here again in the near future. And, I am definitely looking forward to your recordings too. Doug Rowland 1/29/2005 Hi Richard, This is from a fellow tenor and Shippensburg graduate. I've always enjoyed your work. I sing in several opera companies in the Philadelphia area and hope to hear you in the future. Nice web site! Jackie Hopkins 1/ 01/2005 It was awesome to meet Richard Troxell and I am so grateful that he took the time to talk with our French class. I admire Richard as a wonderful performer and a very down to earth , personable human being. Thank-you for giving my classmates and me hope for our futures and a little touch of your beautiful music. It was a pleasure. Stacy Wertz 1/01/2005 Hello, Mr.Richard Troxell. I was so delighted when I found out you were coming to visit my French class. I saw you perform once. Your voice is amazing. I hope to see you perform again. Thanks for the autograph.It made my day. Rob D'Angelo 12/27/04 Really enjoyed your performances in Love for Three Oranges,The Mikadoand La Périchole. When will you return to the NY Metro area ( Philly will do?) Shannon Laxton 12/21/04 I wanted to thank you for coming to Cardinal Dougherty High School and speaking to us. I thought it was very nice of you to come out and tell us about your career. I think that after hearing you speak you opened many doors for opera music because I enjoyed hearing you and so did the first period French class. Thank-you for stopping by. Giuseppe Abati, Italy 12/20/04 I have seen your performance in Madama Butterfly directed by director Mitterand and I have been touched by your voice. When are you coming to Italy to sing some operas? I hope next year. Warm regards. Philip Koenig 12/05/04 Mr. Troxell: I just heard you today with the Madison Symphony and think you are fantastic. I wish I could sing and do what you do. Ronald Myers 11/11/04 This is a wonderful artist. I really loved his portrayal of Pinkerton! Andrew Bolden 10/11/04 I wanted to thank you again for the great help you were to me during the Masterclass last January at Converse ( College). I enjoyed working with you and getting to know you. Albert Moore 9/30/04 ...I have become interested in Opera and have seen your name in The New Yorker on more than one occasion thinking that I should look you up and introduce myself. So, I am doing so now. I know that my sister,father, and nephew and niece have all seen you perform and I hope that I will be able to do so one day. They all attest to your wonderful instrument. If I ever see you on the schedule in the Bay Area, I will try my best to attend a performance. Ollie Marseglia Thank-you so much for your help at the Converse [College] masterclass.I appreciate your positive, constructive comments, and I got a great deal out of out short time working together. Aaron Shaw, Detroit, MI I believe that Mr. Troxell has one of the greatest voices and technique to go with it in the world of tenors today. Javier A. Lifa, Buenos Aires, Argentina Forever admiring your voice and musical prowess. Margaet Ramage, Australia We live in hope that Mr. Troxell will one day make it down under... Ricardo Correia, Portugal The site is quite good. I'm a fan of Mr. Troxell. Jean Peccei I enjoyed the site very much especially the sound clips. Mr. Troxell has a beautiful voice. Kaz Sato Excellent site. Haejung An I felt like I needed to compliment you on your superb performance in the film Madame Butterfly ,1995 directed by Frderic Mitterand. You have such talent both in acting and singing. Denise Stuart Wow! What a great website! Dorothy Madigan about the film Madame Butterfly I was overwhelmed by its beauty and the glorious voices. Yours is such a great gift. I've been playing it for friends and they---even the ones who never watch opera are amazed and the ones who are accustomed to opera are blown away by it. Maurice B. I am an aspiring tenor who admires Richard Troxell a great deal. I got to hear him in The Barber of Seville with the Knoxville Opera...and have been following his career ever since. Cecilia Jones Mr. Troxell's voice is soaringly beautiful. Richard Phinney I attended a benefit concert given by RIchard Troxell at the Penn State Ogontz campus a few months ago. It was one of the most exciting genuine concert performances I ever experienced. I want to follow his career and wish him every continued success. Joanne and John Miller My husband and I have always been followers of good opera singers and would love the opportunity to hear you sing sometime in the future. Janice Cunningham, Montréal, Canada This site was a wonderful source of information (and the pics are great, too!) Janet Norbury Hi Richard. I love your website. The pictures and the music are great. I read it all. I look forward to keeping up to date on what you are doing.